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in·volve    Audio Help   [in-volv] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used with object), -volved, -volv·ing.
1.to include as a necessary circumstance, condition, or consequence; imply; entail: This job involves long hours and hard work.
2.to engage or employ.
3.to affect, as something within the scope of operation.
4.to include, contain, or comprehend within itself or its scope.
5.to bring into an intricate or complicated form or condition.
6.to bring into difficulties (usually fol. by with): a plot to involve one nation in a war with another.
7.to cause to be troublesomely associated or concerned, as in something embarrassing or unfavorable: Don't involve me in your quarrel!
8.to combine inextricably (usually fol. by with).
9.to implicate, as in guilt or crime, or in any matter or affair.
10.to engage the interests or emotions or commitment of: to become involved in the disarmament movement; to become involved with another woman.
11.to preoccupy or absorb fully (usually used passively or reflexively): You are much too involved with the problem to see it clearly.
12.to envelop or enfold, as if with a wrapping.
13.to swallow up, engulf, or overwhelm.
14.
a.Archaic. to roll, surround, or shroud, as in a wrapping.
b.to roll up on itself; wind spirally; coil; wreathe.

[Origin: 1350–1400; ME involven < L involvere to roll in or up, equiv. to in- in-2 + volvere to roll; see revolve]

in·volve·ment, noun
in·volv·er, noun

1. necessitate, require, demand. 6, 7, 9. Involve, entangle, implicate imply getting a person connected or bound up with something from which it is difficult to extricate himself or herself. To involve is to bring more or less deeply into something, esp. of a complicated, embarrassing, or troublesome nature: to involve someone in debt. To entangle (usually passive or reflexive) is to involve so deeply in a tangle as to confuse and make helpless: to entangle oneself in a mass of contradictory statements. To implicate is to connect a person with something discreditable or wrong: implicated in a plot.
7. extricate.
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in·volve    Audio Help   (ĭn-vŏlv')  Pronunciation Key 
tr.v.   in·volved, in·volv·ing, in·volves
  1. To contain as a part; include.
  2. To have as a necessary feature or consequence; entail: was told that the job would involve travel. See Synonyms at include.
  3. To engage as a participant; embroil: involved the bystanders in his dispute with the police.
    1. To connect closely and often incriminatingly; implicate: evidence that involved the governor in the scandal.
    2. To influence or affect: The matter is serious because it involves your reputation.
  4. To occupy or engage the interest of: a story that completely involved me for the rest of the evening.
  5. To make complex or intricate; complicate.
  6. To wrap; envelop: a castle that was involved in mist.
  7. Archaic To wind or coil about.


[Middle English involven, from Latin involvere, to enwrap : in-, in; see in-2 + volvere, to roll, turn; see wel-2 in Indo-European roots.]

in·volve'ment n., in·volv'er n.
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involve 
1382, from L. involvere "entangle, envelop," lit. "roll into," from in- "in" + volvere "to roll" (see vulva). Originally "envelop, surround," sense of "take in, include" first recorded 1605. Involved "complicated" is from 1643.

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involve

verb
1. connect closely and often incriminatingly; "This new ruling affects your business" 
2. engage as a participant; "Don't involve me in your family affairs!" 
3. have as a necessary feature; "This decision involves many changes" [syn: imply
4. require as useful, just, or proper; "It takes nerve to do what she did"; "success usually requires hard work"; "This job asks a lot of patience and skill"; "This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice"; "This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert"; "This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent" [syn: necessitate] [ant: eliminate
5. contain as a part; "Dinner at Joe's always involves at least six courses" 
6. occupy or engage the interest of; "His story completely involved me during the entire afternoon" 
7. make complex or intricate or complicated; "The situation was rather involved" 

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Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
involve1 [inˈvolv] verb
to require; to bring as a result
Example: His job involves a lot of travelling.
Arabic: يَشْتَمِل على
Chinese (Simplified): 必须包括
Chinese (Traditional): 需要
Czech: vyžadovat
Danish: involvere; medføre
Dutch: met zich meebrengen
Estonian: kaasa tooma
Finnish: edellyttää
French: nécessiter
German: einschließen
Greek: απαιτώ, συνεπάγομαι
Hungarian: maga után von, vmivel jár
Icelandic: hafa í för með sér
Indonesian: memerlukan
Italian: implicare, comportare
Japanese: 伴う
Korean: (필연적으로) 포함하다
Latvian: ietvert; būt saistītam
Lithuanian: reikalauti
Norwegian: kreve, medføre
Polish: wymagać, pociągać za sobą
Portuguese (Brazil): acarretar
Portuguese (Portugal): envolver
Romanian: a cere
Russian: подразумевать
Slovak: vyžadovať
Slovenian: zahtevati
Spanish: suponer, implicar
Swedish: medföra, innefatta, innebära
Turkish: gerektirmek
involve2 [inˈvolv] verb
(often with in or with) to cause to take part in or to be mixed up in
Example: He has always been involved in/with the theatre; Don't ask my advice — I don't want to be/get involved.
Arabic: يُشْرِك ، يَزُجُّ في ، يُوَرِّط
Chinese (Simplified): 使卷入
Chinese (Traditional): 使捲入
Czech: (za)plést se (do); mít styk
Danish: involvere; inddrage
Dutch: betrekken in
Estonian: kaasa kiskuma, osalema
Finnish: vetää mukaan
French: mêler (à)
German: verwickeln
Greek: εμπλέκω, εμπλέκομαι
Hungarian: belekever(edik)
Icelandic: blanda í, flækjast í
Indonesian: terlibat
Italian: implicare, impegnarsi
Japanese: かかわらせる
Korean: 연루시키다
Latvian: iesaistīt; iepīt
Lithuanian: įtraukti, įpainioti
Norwegian: bli trukket, *blandet inn i
Polish: zaangażować, wciągnąć
Portuguese (Brazil): envolver
Portuguese (Portugal): envolvido
Romanian: a (se) impli­ca, a (se) amesteca
Russian: быть связанным;вовлекать
Slovak: zapliesť sa (do); zapojiť do
Slovenian: vplesti
Spanish: implicar, envolver
Swedish: blanda in, bli (vara) inblandad
Turkish: karışmak, bulaşmak
See also: involved

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Involve

Im*ply"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Implied; p. pr. & vb. n. Implying.] [From the same source as employ. See Employ, Ply, and cf. Implicate, Apply.]

1. To infold or involve; to wrap up. [Obs.] "His head in curls implied." --Chapman.

2. To involve in substance or essence, or by fair inference, or by construction of law, when not include virtually; as, war implies fighting.

Where a mulicious act is proved, a mulicious intention is implied. --Bp. Sherlock.

When a man employs a laborer to work for him, . . . the act of hiring implies an obligation and a promise that he shall pay him a reasonable reward for his services. --Blackstone.

3. To refer, ascribe, or attribute. [Obs.]

Whence might this distaste arise?

If [from] neither your perverse and peevish will. To which I most imply it. --J. Webster.

Syn: To involve; include; comprise; import; mean; denote; signify; betoken. See Involve.
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